Domenico Scarlatti - Sonata in G major K455 (Yuja Wang)

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Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757):
SONATA IN G MAJOR (K455/L209)

Domenico Scarlatti was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families. His music was influential in the development of the Classical style and he was one of the few Baroque composers to transition into the classical period. Like his renowned father Alessandro Scarlatti, he composed in a variety of musical forms, although today he is known mainly for his 555 keyboard sonatas.

Only a small fraction of Scarlatti's compositions were published during his lifetime; Scarlatti himself seems to have overseen the publication in 1738 of the most famous collection, his 30 Essercizi ("Exercises"). These were well received throughout Europe, and were championed by the foremost English writer on music of the eighteenth century, Charles Burney. Ralph Kirkpatrick numbered these sonatas K1 - K30.

The many sonatas that were unpublished during Scarlatti's lifetime have appeared in print irregularly in the two and a half centuries since. Scarlatti has attracted notable admirers, including Béla Bartók, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Pieter-Jan Belder, Johannes Brahms, Frédéric Chopin, Emil Gilels, Enrique Granados, Marc-André Hamelin, Vladimir Horowitz, Franz Liszt, Ivo Pogorelich, Scott Ross, Heinrich Schenker, András Schiff, and Dmitri Shostakovich.

Yuja Wang (2010)

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[allenmercant]

Wow my new favorite. I always thought Scarlatti created the happiest music in the world.

[jbw]

I learned this Sonata last year. It is REALLY fun to play! Thank you Scarlatti.

[moogfooger]

its good but it is a blur.The greatest sequence ever created deserves the time to contemplate it. Cheers

[codonauta]

I had never watched (or heard) Yuja playing D. Scarlatti, thank you!

[kangchenjunga]

This is the first time I have heard Yuja playing Scarlatti 😮

[particlecloud]

I agree with some of the other comments below.
Wang is technically impressive in the speed with which she can get through the notes. Her note productivity is second to none.
HOWEVER, , , ,
Musically, and IMO, this is way too fast.
The quality of a performance is not down to how quick you can crank notes. She steamrollers it.
The piece needs to breathe and be savoured.
After hearing this I listened to Scott Ross. He takes another minute - more than a third longer - and that sounds far better to me.
I am sure Scott could have played K455 at this pace if he thought it was artistically justified. But he didn't.

[excelsior]

Predictably (for her), it's Too Fast.. One doesn't have time to hear what Scarlatti was trying to Do & Say. It's like quickly gulping down a gourmet meal which took the chef hours to prepare.

[emmanuelsales]

Trop vite. La basse ne soutient pas le discours.